Don't yell at me… I know it took forever. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm having some work troubles, and such. But here you go chapter 20 all yours.
Chapter is Beta'd
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Chrys
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"Damn it Ken, we can't just sit around and wait for Ginny to kill Hermione, we love her!" Sirius was yelling at his boss… usually not the brightest idea but everyone understood that under the circumstances it would be permitted.
"We are not waiting around for Ginny to kill Hermione. We have every auror in the department, as well as contacts in other countries looking for Hermione, every one except you two… it is a conflict of interest." Ken Gaven answered back.
"I don't care if it is a conflict of interest, no one has more of a reason to track down Hermione and Ginny than we do…" Harry answered, with a slightly raised voice. It was odd to think that he was the levelheaded one in the room.
"And what happens when you find them… are you going to follow procedure and take Ginny into custody, or are you going to do something you would regret?" Ken pinched the bridge of his nose.
"What if it was Laural? If it was your wife would you sit back and let the other aurors find her, or would you be out there, wand raised, turning over every rock, looking for the love of your life?" Sirius was still yelling, he knew he would have to tone it down soon, but also knew that if he gave up too easily, Ken and Kingsley wouldn't believe him.
Ken was stunned, and looked as if he were thinking. He was an older man, a few years older than Sirius, and had been married to Laural, for 20 years, producing three strong boys, and two beautiful girls, all of which had gone to a private wizarding school in America. It was well known that Ken would do anything for his family.
"Laural is not kidnapped, Hermione is. Let's not bring hypothetical situations into the mix. You two are ordered to take paid vacations until Hermione is found, no ifs ands or buts about it." Kingsley piped in. He knew full well, what the two would be doing on their vacation… he wasn't stupid.
Harry caught Kingsley's eye and understood completely. It was a liability for them to be on official auror business when they found Hermione and Ginny, and Kingsley needed to keep the ministry out of as much trouble as possible. Harry found Sirius' hand and gripped it, "Fine…but I swear on Merlin's grave that if you find Hermione and she isn't breathing… there will be some serious hell to pay."
Kingsley nodded, and clapped Harry on the shoulder, "Stay out of harm's way… you've fought enough battles to last two lifetimes."
Harry rubbed his brow and nodded.
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"How do I look?" Ginny was standing in front of Hermione and Connor, both of which were tied to chairs, by magical bonds.
"Like the whore that you are." Hermione answered, rolling her eyes.
"Crucio!" Ginny yelled, holding the curse on Hermione until the brown haired girl whimpered.
"Don't you dare think that you are in a position of power with me Hermione. You are scum on the bottom of my shoes, and I have no problem disposing of you… permanently." She adjusted her top once more; making sure plenty of her freckle-covered cleavage was visible. "What about you Connor? Do you agree with the slut on how I look?"
Connor looked over at Hermione, knowing that the Cruciatus curse would tear through him much faster than it did Hermione. "Of course not Ginny. I think you look even more dazzling than at the Halloween ball. You will always be the most beautiful person in the world."
Ginny laughed, "Flattery will get you no where Connor… your still on my shit list, and I don't see your name ever being removed."
With that Ginny pocketed her wand and slammed the door behind her.
"Where is she going? She isn't just going to leave us here to rot is she?" Connor sounded scared out of his mind, and Hermione couldn't help but shake her head.
"You really would have sucked if you would have had to play any part in the war… If you had paid attention, you would know that she is going to Aubrey Redbly's house."
"Who the fuck is Aubrey Redbly?"
Hermione shook her head again, and tried hard not to roll her eyes, "He is the Head of the department of Mysteries, and a very lonely man. I would assume she is going there to seduce him, so that he will give her something that she wants out of the department of mysteries… and again I can assume that what ever it is, it has to do with our untimely deaths."
"Do you always have to know everything?" Connor was very annoyed by her know it all attitude, and how she seemed to have an answer for everything.
"Connor… how the fuck did you ever get into Ravenclaw, you have no courage, and no brains, I would think you would even be a disgrace to the Hufflepuff house."
Connor was about to retort when he saw that Hermione's eyes were closed, "What are you doing?"
She didn't open her eyes, and her face remained blank, "See our wands on the table there? I'm trying to accio them with wandless magic…"
"No one can do wandless magic." Connor felt very sure of himself; surly no one had mastered that before?
"We all experience wandless magic when we are younger, in hectic and intense situations. If we could only figure out how to harness the raw magic inside of us, I'm sure we could do it."
Connor rolled his eyes and stared out the window, praying to God and Merlin that Ginny wouldn't kill him.
Hermione focused, picturing her magic as a glowing blue ball of power in the center of her body, She pictured tendrils of magic seeping out of her body, extending across the room, reaching for the wand.
With Hermione's eyes closed and Connor looking out the window, neither saw the wand on the table begin to shake.
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Everyone was in the library of Hermione's house. Sirius and Harry sat on the large research table, next to each other. Remus, Tonks, Andromeda, and Teddy were sitting on the large couch that sat perpendicular with the table, and across from the chaise lounge and big chair. On the lounge sat Molly, Arthur, and Charlie, next to them George was sitting in the chair, with Mandi perched on the arm. Neville and Luna sat in the same fashion on a chair facing Sirius and Harry, with Ron by his side. McGonagall and Percy stood near the fireplace, behind Ron, waiting for the meeting to begin.
Just as Harry was about to speak the flames in the fireplace turned a bright green and a hooded figure stepped in. As they were not expecting anyone else, everyone in the room raised their wands to the intruder. "Who are you and what do you want here?" said Harry, in a voice quite menacing.
The hooded figure took a step forward, "I mean you no harm, I have come to help you all, in order to repay a debt…"
The room stood still, not even a creak of the floorboards could be heard, until Harry spoke again. "Lower your hood, and say that while looking me in the eye… Malfoy."
Draco chuckled lightly and lowered his hood, revealing his loose blond hair, and piercing blue eyes that stared directly into Harry's green ones. "Myself and my family owe you, Weasley, and Granger, quite a bit, for your actions during and directly after the war. If not for you Potter, my mother and I would be dead or rotting away in Azkaban and my father would have already received the Dementor's kiss, instead of serving a life sentence with visitation. Because my family and I owe you three a debt, I have come to repay it. I would like to… put aside our issues with each other, once and for all, but if that is not possible at least let me offer my money and my influence in finding Granger and the little Weasley girl, before it is too late."
Most of the wands in the room had been lowered at this point. They hung at their owner's sides, ready to spring into action if needed. Harry stood and moved forward, slipping through the space between Neville and Ron's chairs, until he was face to face with Draco.
"No derogatory names, no vile words or taunts, clean slate, as if everything never happened, and you help us do everything in our power to find Hermione as fast as humanly possible?"
Draco nodded, "I want to start anew, turn over a new leaf so to speak. I can't say that I will be the most respectful wizard on the planet, but I would like to try to right the wrongs of my, and my families past. You have my word as a Malfoy, and as a Wizard."
Harry studied him for a moment before extending his hand. Draco looked at it for a moment and smiled, remembering that September day, eight years ago, when the roles had been reversed. He clasped Harry's hand in his and shook it. When he dropped his hand he looked up, "Alright, what's the game plan?"
Harry moved back to the table, but only leaned against it, instead of sitting on it. He watched Ron's face, for any hint of anger, and while he could see that Ron was uncomfortable with the situation, it seemed that he was relieved to have someone else helping as well.
Sirius spoke first, "Alright, so here is where we are starting. Mandi and George, we want you to man the stores, watch Diagon Alley, for Ginny, or anyone Ginny might Polyjuice herself into. Make sure your paying attention to possible duplicates, if you see someone you know walk past the shop, and then the same person walks back the other way, one of them probably isn't them selves, if you know what I mean."
George and Mandi nodded,
"What about at night?" George asked.
"Stay at the Burrow, to see if she tries to come home, or to the surrounding forests, she might have a tent and be some where in the trees around the house." Sirius answered, making sure everyone had something productive to do.
Harry looked over at Neville and Luna; "You guys do the same from Neville's shop in Hogsmeade. While Neville has to man his shop, Luna you can patrol around, check in at the Three Broomsticks and Hogshead, I'm sure Aberforth will help out any way he can."
"Remus and I can cover the Ministry, I don't know why she would show up there, but there is always the possibility." Arthur spoke up, and gave a nod when Remus agreed.
"Tonks, and Andromeda should take turns with Ron, searching out any possible houses that Ginny would go to. Any house connected to any of us, or anyone she would be in contact with…" Sirius said, looking around trying to make sure everyone had a job.
Harry looked at Ron and then Tonks… "Check in with that Ravenclaw… the one she was… with. He might know something."
"What are you two going to do?" Ron asked, swiping a look over at Draco and then back to his best friend and Sirius.
Harry thought for a second before locking eyes with Draco, "Like Malfoy here, we are going to work our connections, see what everyone knows, if anyone has heard anything. If anyone's influence can get answers it's the three of the biggest names in London."
Draco nodded, surprised that no one had attacked him yet, yet relieved at the same time.
"We also need to look at the forests around the country side. Moony and I can cover one or two a night, we need a few others to team up, and look around, any volunteers?" Sirius asked, looking around the room.
"Charlie and I don't have an assignment yet." Percy said, pointing to his brother.
Harry nodded, "Moony and Padfoot, Percy and Charlie…" talking out loud, trying to pair up at least one more set.
"I'm up for it if you are Potter… take us back to first year, except no Fang this time." Draco said with a small chuckle.
"You're not going to go running at the first sign of trouble?" Harry answered. He would have enjoyed the banter if the situation hadn't been so dire, he wondered if Draco and him would have made decent friends if circumstances had been different.
"I think it's safe to say that we've both grown up a bit since then…" Draco ran his hand through his hair.
Sirius stood up, "Everyone knows what to do, if you find anything, send a patronus immediately, we have to find her before Ginny goes mental."
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"Merlin Ginny, where did you learn that… Bloody Hell." Aubrey gasped as Ginny rocked her hips harder against his.
Ginny smirked, rocking her hips harder. Her hand reached behind her and stroked his balls pulling them slightly, so that he was on the brink of orgasm and pain. "Aubrey… I really need to know… tell me and I'll give you the best orgasm of your life."
Aubrey's hands gripped Ginny's hips, holding her on top of him, "You know I can't tell you… bloody… I can't …"
Ginny pulled just a little bit harder, pressing down, making sure his cock was completely buried inside of her, "Please… You know I'll make it worth your while."
Aubrey gasped again, closing his eyes, and attempting to hold on to his sanity… "Fine… there is a secret way in through the revolving room."
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